Strain: Season 1 [4 Discs] (Boxed Set) (DVD)

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Not Your Father's Vampire!

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  I admit to being very skeptical of what The Strain could deliver on FX ... I've seen way too many quality novels turned into watered down garbage on television (Under the Dome comes to mind). Fortunately in this case my fears were unfounded. The Strain is easily one of the best shows (if not THE best show) of 2014. Clearly Guillermo Del Torro loves his baby, because it is evident from every aspect of the production of this show that he wants a faithful adaptation of the bestselling books that he and Chuck Hogan authored. I doubt without that kind of hands on approach that we would have the spellbinding production that we were fortunate to get as a mid-year 2014 treat! So what's it about? Well vampires of course... but one of the coolest takes on vampires to come out in the past decade or more. Hogan and Del Toro take the thinking man's approach to a prospective Vampire Apocalypse with just enough of a scientific grounding to help the reader suspend disbelief. Punches are not pulled in this story. Child vampires? Billionaire trying to screw over humanity for a shot at immortality? Vampire manipulation of a fumbling government? Check, check and check! We are treated to dealing with vampires from the perspective of a CDC medical team dealing with what they believe to be a viral outbreak that quickly spirals out of control as a vampire infestation overtakes New York City... this really is a "thinking man's" vampire tale that is told so smoothly that one could almost believe it was penned by someone of Michael Crichton's caliber. There are numerous very colorful characters in the novel, and I'm pleased to say that the actors chosen for the television series do a GREAT job of matching those character roles, the acting is outstanding. If you are a fan of horror or scifi you really owe it to yourself to try to catch The Strain and you won't be disappointed with the Blu-Ray set.. It is light on features (they are almost nonexistent with the exception of 'Satrakian's Lair' which will please some die hard fans) but each episode is given the super nice high bitrate Blu-ray treatment with superb MPEG-4 AVC video and DTS-MA audio. I understand that Season 2 has been signed and I'm really hoping that the show picks up enough of a following to see it through to conclusion. Since the first season parallels the events of the first novel almost exactly there is hope that we could see the entire show concluded in three robust seasons.

  Posted 8 years ago by Wizard

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  SCI-FI Fun

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  The first season of sci-fi vampire/zombie like issues in society.

  Posted 6 years ago by reviewer

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  Good

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  Great item and wonderful quality. Looks great with the rest.

  Posted 6 years ago by Carter